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it was a partial boil with the old top off. I think I did everything right so I will just assume that it will fine

Do you mean in the brew pot? I stirred quite a bit but I guess I could have done more. Would that really lower the SG that much?

Last night I brewed the Holiday Ale kit and I'm pretty sure I did everything right. This is my 10th batch and I followed the directions to the T but for some reason the SG was 1.042 when it should have been in the 1.068-1.072 range. It would seem as if I left out some fermentables but I put in...

I am about to start this one. Any tricks with the spices? Do you need to crunch them up a bit or anything? Or just toss 'em in?

sometimes i lightly tap the sides of the cone with a rubber hammer to release any yeast that has stuck itself to the sides. it seems to do the trick without agitating the rest of the brew

I totally get it now. Thanks for the help and for having patience with me.

I know this is crazy but I don't really understand what you are saying. Could you possibly dumb that down a bit for a new guy like me?

I just got everything set up to start kegging my beer. I read that you are supposed to fill up the empty keg with Co2 and then release the pressure before siphoning the beer into the keg. The problem is that I have pin lock kegs and I am not sure how to release the pressure since there is no...

at this point i could do either. i assumed that siphoning to the bottling bucket would be the right move. i am open to suggestions

Hello, I am semi new to this. I am on my 5th batch and recently brewed a hoegaarden clone with some orange peel and coriander seeds. I have a conical fermenter and have been dumping the trub and I am now ready to bottle. I noticed there is a lot of debri floating around from the spices. I...